Sheriff Department

Parks Police

The park police unit was established in 2003 with the
formation of Millennium
Park which runs along the Grand River on the county’s west
side. This unit consists of up to 10 part-time
seasonal park officers. All of the officers have full police authority
to enforce the county park ordinances, conservation laws, as well as state and federal laws.

Park officers use a variety of patrol methods within the park from the primary
foot patrol, bicycle, all-terrain vehicle, off-road vehicle, patrol car, and
boat. Officers are primarily concerned with the safety and security of the
park patrons. You can find a park officer patrolling the Millennium Park almost
all of the time when it is open to the public. In addition to Millennium Park,
county park police officers routinely patrol Wabasis Park and periodically patrol
each and every county park.